#455E5B#455E5B

#455E5B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.030 H 187.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#455E5B
RGB	rgb(69, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(173, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(173, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, -10.05, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 10.14, 187.53°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% -0.0301 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.03 187)
XYZ	xyz(8.3447, 10.0256, 11.3910)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#455E5B #5E4548

analogous

#455E4F #455E5B #45555E

triadic

#455E5B #5B455E #5E5B45

tetradic

#455E5B #4F455E #5E4548 #555E45

square

#455E5B #4F455E #5E4548 #555E45

split-complementary

#455E5B #5E4555 #5E4F45

monochromatic

#111717 #2B3B39 #455E5B #5F817D #7DA09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#455E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#455E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #455E5B

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##455E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##455E5B	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57585B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #455e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.030 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#798b89',
    500: '#455e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #455e5b;
$custom-light: #798b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#455e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4608,
    "c": 0.03037,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.10026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#455E5B

secondary

#8D7275

accent

#7078B8

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDF0F0

border

#C8CBCB

text

#090C0B

muted

#7B7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #455E5B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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